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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HB 2273
By Representative Johnson
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Oklawaha Basin
3 Recreation and Water Conservation and Control
4 Authority, Lake County; amending chapter 29222,
5 Laws of Florida, 1953, as amended; changing the
6 name of the authority to the Lake County Water
7 Conservation Authority; increasing the number
8 of members of the board of trustees from three
9 to five; requiring that members be elected in
10 nonpartisan elections conducted by the county
11 supervisor of elections in accordance with the
12 Florida Election Code; requiring that each
13 member reside in a different county commission
14 district of Lake County; changing the terms of
15 board members, to conform; providing for
16 transition; prohibiting any board member from
17 serving as executive director of the authority;
18 changing the number of board members required
19 to constitute a quorum, to conform; providing
20 for certification of millage to the county
21 property appraiser for assessment; providing
22 severability; providing an effective date.
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. Sections 2, 4, 6, and 9(b) of chapter
27 29222, Laws of Florida, 1953, as amended, are amended to read:
28 Section 2. That for the purposes of (1) controlling
29 and conserving the fresh water resources of Lake County; (2)
30 fostering and improving the tourist business in the county by
31 improvements to the streams, lakes, and canals in the county;
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1 (3) providing recreational facilities for the tourists and
2 citizens and taxpayers of the county by a more efficient use
3 of the streams, lakes, and canals in the county; and (4)
4 preserving, protecting, and improving the fish and wildlife of
5 the county, there is hereby created and incorporated a special
6 taxing district extending territorially throughout the present
7 limits of Lake County, Florida. The district shall be known
8 and designated as "The Lake County Water Conservation
9 Authority Oklawaha Basin Recreation and Water Conservation and
10 Control Authority in Lake County," but shall hereafter in this
11 Act, for convenience, be referred to as "the Authority."
12 Section 4. That a governing body for the Authority is
13 hereby created, consisting of five three members who are
14 residents of Lake County, Florida, each of whom shall reside
15 in a geographic area identical to a County Commission District
16 not resided in by any other member, which body shall be known
17 and designated as the "Board of Trustees of the Lake County
18 Water Conservation Authority Oklawaha Basin recreation and
19 water conservation and control authority in Lake county," but
20 which shall hereinafter, be referred to as "the Board." The
21 members of the Board shall be elected by the voters of Lake
22 County in nonpartisan elections conducted by the supervisor of
23 elections pursuant to section 189.405, Florida Statutes, in
24 accordance with the Florida Election Code, chapters 97 through
25 106, Florida Statutes, beginning with the general election in
26 November of 2000, for terms of four years, beginning on the
27 second Tuesday following the general election in which the
28 member is elected. For purposes of staggering terms, the two
29 additional Board members shall be elected to initial terms of
30 two years and shall reside in geographic areas identical to
31 County Commission Districts in which current Board members do
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1 not reside. Current Board members shall serve until the
2 expiration of their terms or until their successors are
3 elected, whichever occurs sooner. Thereafter, all terms of
4 Board members shall be four years. However, in the period of
5 transition from appointed to elected members, the Governor may
6 appoint a member to fill any vacancy on the Board resulting
7 from the term of any of the three current appointees expiring
8 if that seat would be vacant for more than 2 months prior to
9 the November 2000 general election. At the first meeting in
10 December of each year, the Board shall elect appointed by the
11 governor and confirmed by the senate of the state of Florida,
12 and shall hold office for four years; provided, that in
13 appointing the members of the first board, the governor shall
14 appoint the members for the following terms, to-wit: one
15 member for a two-year term, one member for a three-year term,
16 and one member for a four-year term, and thereafter each
17 member shall be appointed for a four-year term. Immediately
18 upon their appointment and in January of each succeeding year
19 the members of the board shall meet and select one of their
20 number as Chairman and one as Vice Chairman of the Board. The
21 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County, Florida, shall act
22 as Secretary and Treasurer of the Board without any additional
23 compensation. In the event the provision pertaining to the
24 duties of the Clerk of the Circuit Court is for any reason
25 held to be invalid, the Board may select one of its members to
26 serve as its Secretary and Treasurer, or it may appoint a
27 non-member of the Board as its Secretary and Treasurer, and
28 such member of non-member shall receive compensation
29 commensurate with the duties and responsibilities as
30 determined by the Board. The Board shall may select one of its
31 members or a non-member to serve as Executive a Director of
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1 the Authority, and such member or non-member shall receive
2 compensation commensurate with the responsibilities as
3 determined by the Board. In the event of the appointment of a
4 member of the board as director, he shall not be entitled to
5 receive pay "per diem" as compensation for his services except
6 as provided in section 8 of this act. The Board shall require
7 a surety bond of any person, including the Clerk of the
8 Circuit Court, who shall act as Secretary and Treasurer of the
9 Board, in an amount to be fixed by the Board, which bond in
10 the case of the appointment of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
11 or a member of the Board shall be in addition to the bond
12 furnished by such person him as Clerk of the Circuit Court or
13 as a member of the Board, and the premium thereon shall be
14 paid by the Board as a necessary expense of operation.
15 Section 6. That three two members of the Board shall
16 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and a
17 majority vote of all members present shall be necessary in
18 order to authorize any action by the Board. The Chairman shall
19 be entitled to vote on all questions.
20 Section 9(b). Each year a budget shall be prepared by
21 the Authority Oklawaha basin recreation and water conservation
22 and control authority in Lake County, and a millage sufficient
23 to meet the budget within the provisions of law shall be
24 certified to the board of county commissioners of Lake County
25 Property Appraiser for assessment.
26 Section 2. If any provision of this act or the
27 application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
28 invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
29 applications of the act which can be given effect without the
30 invalid provision or application, and to this end the
31 provisions of this act are declared severable.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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